Steam Mills | |
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Location within
Gloucestershire | |
OS grid reference | SO647157 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Steam Mills is a village in the Forest of Dean, west Gloucestershire, England.
During the 18th and 19th centuries there were local coal mines and a steam-powered mill, which lead to the name of the village. [1] An engineering works was established in the 1880s to support the mining. [2]
Today the village has an industrial park for businesses (including Freeminers Brewery, named after the Forest of Dean custom of free-mining [3]), a petrol filling station and a carpet shop.
The village is home to Steam Mills Primary School [4] designed by architect Alfred Smith.
The 5 acres (2.0 ha) lake is used for angling with Carp, Bream and Brown Trout being caught. [5]